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Blazeix

Member

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 25

ATI Driver [solved]

Hi, I just installed the most recent version of Arch Linux on a Dell Latitude laptop (ATI Rage Mobility M3) and I am trying to get x windows running. I ran xorgconfig, and now when I try to use 'startx' I get the following

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

I assume from this that I need to install these modules, but I am not sure how. I type 'pacman -Sy' and it seemed to sync, but I cannot find the right drivers. In most debian based systems I have used the package is called something like xserver-xorg-driver-ati, but I can't seem to find the analogous package for arch linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

mattux

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Registered: 2004-04-22

Posts: 81

Re: ATI Driver [solved]

you have to install the driver packages
pacman -S xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-ati

Blazeix

Member

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 25

Re: ATI Driver [solved]

Thanks for your help, X works now. I have one more question that is somewhat related. I have installed fluxbox and XDM. I can start fluxbox using the startfluxbox command, but XDM does not start it automatically, the screen flashes and XDM reloads when I try to log in. In /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config I have:
DisplayManager*session:  /usr/bin/fluxbox
I found this line in a tutorial, but it seems it is not working. Should I change this line or is there something else I should do? Thanks for your help.

EDIT: Alright, I think I've traced the problem down. Many of my  X Applications are throwing this error:
error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: ATI Driver [solved]

For expat problem: Update your system: pacman -Syu

For xdm:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDM

Blazeix

Member

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 25

Re: ATI Driver [solved]

Thanks. I did a pacman -Syu, and unfortunately I got a kernel panic on boot up. I reinstalled the arch, and now everything is working fine. I must of tweaked something in the install or had some weird dependancy problems. I'm not going to attempt to update the entire system now, I'm fine with it how it is. Thanks for your help!